Caption

Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), composite image. This starbirth region is about 7500 light years from Earth, in the constellation of Carina. It is also known as the Eta Carinae Nebula. This image is a composite of data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatories (ESO). For a wider version of this view, see image C030/0045.